Basket.



G. M. WALKER.

BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1914.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

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BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1914.

Patented A r. 9, 191&

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Applioationmed June 1, r

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To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, GAINEs M. WALKER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of 'St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain 5 new and useful Improvements in Baskets,

of which the following is a specification containing affull, clear, and exact description,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in baskets, in which the body of the basket is made of a single piece of material, and it is the object of my improvements to construct the body of the basket from a single piece or blank of material having at opposite margins pairs of spaced apartkerfs and otherwise free from cuts or scores, so that all folding lines of the basket have the. full strength of the material and so that the imperforate blank may be formed into a basket which will not leak.

With the above and other objects in view,

' which will be made clear, my invention consists in the construction of basket fully set forth in the following specification, pointed out, in my claims and illustrated by the a'e- 'corpanying drawings, in which-- 1 whic be made;

Fig. 2 shows in perspective a basket embodymg my improvements;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail lan showing a diagonal cut at the inner en of a kart to prevent splitting of the material;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail perspective showi'n the non-leaking joint at a'corner of the has et;-

Fig. 5 is a plan of the com letebasket;

Fig. 6 is an end elevation o the basket; 1'? Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional elevaion;

Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional elevation Fig. 9 is an inverted planof the basket 5 "Fig. l-Qis an end elevation showing a p urality or ri'ested basket bodies; and

Fig. 11 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the material from which the baskets are formed.: 1 Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 illustrates the blank, constructed of r a single piece of material, and which coinrises the central body portion desi re, 1 shows in plan a'blank out of the body of myimproved basket may (sides).

ated y ihennmer l 2 whi h Portion is tart j Patented e r. a, rare. inn eeaera. I

At icthe end' s of the portion 12 (bottom) there are the "portions 17 and 18, whose 'widths are substantially the same as the width-fifths" portion 12 (bottom) and whose lengths are goveriled'by the height of basket deslred. These ortions 17 and 18 constitute the ends 0 the basket.

At the sides'of-the portion 12 (bottom) and above and below, respectively, the lines 14 and 16, are the portions 19 and 20, whose lengths are the same asthe portion 12 (bottom) and whose widths are thesame as the lengths of the portions 17 and 18 (ends) and which portions 19 and 20 constitute the sides of the basket.-

The portion 19 (side) carriesat its ends the wings (auxiliary ends) 21 and 22, and the portion 20 (side) is likewise provided 1 with wings 23 and 24 (auxiliary ends).

' As shown, ail.of he wings (auxiliarv ends) are se arated from the portions. 1 and 18 (ends? by kerfs 25, so that the auxiliary'ends may overlap the ends.

Each of the wings 21-2223 and24 gins 26 disposed at oblique angles relative to the side margins of the portions 19 and 20 I (auxiliary ends) have theirouter side mar- The degree of the angle of these margins v just referred to depen s solely "on the desired angularity of the sides of the basket. If the sides of the basket are vertical, then these mar ins of the auxiliary ends should be paralle with the side margins of the sides, and it the sides of the basket flare outwardly and upwardly, then these margins 26 should be formed at an angle complementary to the angle of the sides of the hasket. In this manner the upper margin of the basket needs no shaping or trimming after the basket is f ormed.

The inside margin of each; win (auxiliary end) formed by the kerf 25 1s preferably disposed at an obli ue an le relative to the adjacent margin of t c has et end (17 or I 18) in order to shorten the end margins of the wings, hence lessen the number of staples or other'securing devices, such as 27, for securing the'auxiliary ends tothe ends proper.

Ateach outer, free margin of the sides 19 and 20, 3M tel t dingj the length thereof,

a reinforcing strip 28, and at the outer free margin of the ends 17- and 18 are the reinforclngstrips 29, these strips when the hasket is formed constituting an inner rim for the basket.

The. material entering into this blank is by preference thin wood veneer, reinforced by paper glued to the entire surface of the veneer, as shown in detail in Fi 11, where in A designates the veneer and the paper and C the glue.

The dotted lines in Fig. 1 simp y define the different portions of the blan and are not to be un erstood as indicating scores, but do however ap roximate the folding lines between the di erent parts. a

In this connection I want it distinctly understood that all folding lines in my comlete basket are curved in order to prevent Breakage of material, so that there obtains a maximum strength of material along these foldin lines.

In forming a basket body from a blank such as shown, I first bend the basket ends 17 and 18 at or near right angles relative to the bottom, then bend the sldes 19 and 20 at or near right angles to the bottom, then bend the auxiliary ends 2122 2324= to overlie the ends 17 and 18 and overlap each other at their inner ends.

After thus shaping the basket body, I'

secure the ends and auxiliary ends by staples 27, which extend through the overlapped ends of theauxiliary ends 21222,3 and 24 and through the ends 17 and 18.

If the wood veneer is straight grained, I exercise care in the making of the material.

between thekerfs 25, I resort to the expedient of the diagonal cuts at the inner ends of the kerfs and which extend at an angle relative to the ain of the veneer.

' -An additiona advantage incident-to the cuts 31 is that-when the ends 17 and 18 are folded as on the lines 13 and 15, and when the auxiliary ends are folded to overlap the ends, there are formed 'ores such as .32, which completely close t e jomts and prevent leakage.

These basket bodiesdue' to the absence of outside rims may be almost completely telescoped. and hence will nest advantageously for shipping.

33 designates the basket handle, which is applied by slipping its. ends between the basket body and the rims 28, and secured in place by the staples 84 which secure it, to

the basket body and by the staples 35 which secure it to the basket rims. I

' Having thus described iny invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A basket constructed. of a blank made from a single piece of material and comprising a substantial rectangular bottom, substantially rectangular sides formin unbroken continuations of the bottom and disposed parallel along opposite margins of the bottom, substantially rectangular ends proper forming unbroken continuations of the bottom along mar 'ns opposite said sides, the length of said en s being substantially equal to the width of the sides, strips formm inner basket rims secured to the inside said sides and to 'the ends, the side stri s aces of to a 0rd a passage way for a handle, and auxiliary folding ends forming unbroken continuations of the sides, the said ends being cut away or unattached to the ends pro er of the box so that the same may be fol ed independently of the ends pro er and a handle located between the side has et rims and the sides of the basket.

2. A basket'constructed of a blan'k made from a single piece ofwood veneer covered with paper so that the same may be bent into box form without disturbing the wood fiber and forming cracks, and comprising a.-

substantially recta'n lar bottom, substantially rectangular sldes forming unbroken continuations of the bottom'and disposed parallel along 0 posite margins of the bottom, substantial y rectangular ends proper, the lengths of which being equal to the width of the sides and forming unbroken continuations of the bottom along margins opposite said sides, inner basket rims secured to the inside faces of said sides and ends, the ends of the side strips and end strips bein spaced apart so that the. corners of the ox are free from rims, the said side strips being free to be removed from the sides to aflt'ord a passage for a basket. handle, and auxiliary end flaps having inner margins cut away and inclined and capable of being folded upon each other to cover the entire side margins of the ends roper so as to completely close the ends of the-basket and to hold the basket when the same are secured together in the desired shape.

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E. L. Warmers, E. E. Loreen.

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